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<<As I have said numerous times before, I'm much more prone to abandon item-based bonuses than expand on them too much. I tend to disagree with the very concept of them. That said, I'm comfortable with where war paint is as a concept right now. It needs a few tweaks, yes, but it is neither a priority nor something that will see any kind of extensive rewriting.>>

The situation is must different if it is a system that can be created by PCs. Then it still fits into the motif of something a Barbarian can create with their own two hands. Just some food for thought.

- Simon

>>nor something that will see any kind of extensive rewriting.>>

>The situation is must different if it is a system that can be created by PCs. Then it still fits into the motif of something a Barbarian can create with their own two hands. Just some food for thought.

I should think that switching warpaint to a player created system would fall under the aforementioned taboo extensive rewriting. Some dessert for thought.


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I always thought it was the custom warpaint and the REALLY good sticks that were intended to be rare, not all the warpaint sticks.....

So I want to stock up on some warpaint before the festival closes down, but I'm not sure which type I should get. I know that Plunderer is the highest quality, but going by Phii's site the only difference I can see between Plunderer and Berserker is the Discipline boost. Does a temporary Discipline boost help with dances at all? For some reason I've been thinking that only current concentration applies to the duration/power of a dance. Are there any other Barbariany things that Discipline helps?


Also, for finding your personal location/symbol combination does the lowest quality warpaint work just fine? I don't want to bother wasting the good stuff if cheap stuff will work just fine for that. And, do you get the messaging when you find either the right symbol or location, or do you have to have both correct to see the messaging?

Warpaint is another system that needs some work.

On an unrelated note, I'm catching you for runestones smashed, Caraamon. I wonder how our numbers compare now.

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You kept track? I can't imagine I would have that many...


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That sounds almost as fun as the moon mage "kinship" system.

Heh.

I hate systems like that and support changes to them.

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Work, not a rewrite. Allowing pattern selection instead of making it random and removing the apparently incorrect "location fires you with confidence" messaging would be two steps in the right direction.

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<<Allowing pattern selection instead of making it random and removing the apparently incorrect "location fires you with confidence">>

Yep, I agree on that.

Warpaint is a system that is on the low end of the totem pole from what I understand. Roars, dances, berserks, BMR, meditations and Barbarian lore (Aurdun's specialty!) are somewhat near the top as far as Barbarians go from the last time Aurdun mentioned what was being worked on.

- Simon

How do you see how many runestones you've crushed?

I'm certain I've destroyed a solid 12-13 at the very least.

If your feeling generous I wouldn't mind seeing what I am at as well....

Codiax.


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Good Idea JMF


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It's random.

- Simon

The scary thing is that it was intended to be random. Putting it plainly, that's stupid. The whole system needs a rewrite.

- Simon

Exactly, that's just one of the issues. You don't need a boost for boosting. What was up with the redundancy of it being implemented? This is an issue with many of the Barbarian systems. What's the point of some of the berserks when you can achieve the same or similar boosts from dancing?

- Simon

Warpaint as a perk is okay IMO. One thing I don't like is that it fades on its own regardless of use however. I would probably utilize warpaint a lot more if this weren't the case. Obviously it is going to have to be scrapped if roars are being nerfed down hopefully we can get something back though. If it is an item # issue why not make paintsticks combineable into a brick. Then a barb could carve off a chunk to carry with him/her for use in the field. Same thing with shark's teeth make some sort of dispenser.

>>I hope roars aren't nerfed. They are pretty poor as is. They help early on, but right now if I use a roar once a month, it's a lot. Only thing I do less than roar is berserk.<<

Same.


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You flat out, absolutely, 100% have no idea what you're talking about.

Solomon

I used to use wail alot....a couple are pretty useful. I completely stopped using wail once it was implemented to reduce experience gain...plus the immobolized affect isn't the defensive penalty it used to be.

Alot of their effects last so short why even bother. You can't spar with them except under certain circumstances that never happen. Over half of them are pointless or do nothing..


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Yeah they last a while, but outside of a few, are pretty damn useless. And even those few are only useful in a few situations.